Weather-strip



C. J. JONES.

WEATHER STRIP APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1919.

PatentedSeptQ 7,1920.

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citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cheyenne, in the county of Laramie and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and p ved Weather-Strip, of which thfoilowing is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion. T his invention relates to improvements 'in weather strips, an object of the invention being to provide improved weather strips". for the meeting edges of' w ndow sash and 7 frame, the meeting rails, of the sash or the meeting faces of the door frame and-door, which serve to keep out the air andwhich juncture ofjthe parts to prevent rattling. A further object is to provide weather strips of the character stated which can be manufactured and sold ata reasonably low price, which can be readily'attached by anyone of average intelligence, not requiring any skilled labor, and which will most etliciently perform the functions for which they are intended.

With these and other objects in viewrthe invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I Figure l is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical section illustrating my im 1 provements;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a similar view in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; w

Fig. l is a similar view in section on the line eie' of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in elevation partly broken away illustrating my improvements in connection with a door; and

Fig. 6 is a view in transverse section on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and i, 1 represents a window frame and 2 and 3 the upper and lower sashes respectively, fitting in the groove 7 of the frame, as is customary in the art. In the groove 7 of the vertical members of the frame and between thesame and the side rails 1 of the upper and lower sashes, weather strip members 5 and 6 respectively are located, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The member 1 use in connection with a. door.

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5 is secured to the frame, fits the groove 7 therein, is relatively ,flat throughout its width, and at its edges is provi(led \vith inwardly turned flanges 8.

The member 6, which. isjsecured to, the

sash, also constitutes strip having'iits in termediate portion bowedyas shown at 10, and its dges mounted: to slide in the inwardly turned flanges 8 of member 5. The

Y bowed port on of strip 6 is secured by means of screwsOto therail of, the sash, and'-the*" screws 9 are employedfor attaching the member -5 to the frame. V 1

I have used the reference numeral 9 to indicate the screws for attaching all of the strips and would have it understood thatv I might use any'form of securing device other than screws if desired. V

In the groove 7 of the frame 1 at the top and bottom thereof between the upper sash 'rail of sash 2 and the lower sash rail of sash" 3, I locate similar weather strips, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. These weather strips are given reference numerals ligand 12 respectively, and they are both 'made with outwardly bowed intermediate of screws 9'a-nd atits upper portion is oil? set laterally, as shown at 18, to enter a lip 19 on the Weatherstrip member 17, which is secured by screws 9 to the meeting rail of the upper sash. This lip 19'first projects upwardly and then downwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it houses the upper end of the member'16 serving to exclude the ,air and also tohold the together. I

In Figs. 5 and 6, I have illustratedan improved form ofweather strip adapted for V In these figures, 20 represents the door frame, 21 the door and 22 the weather strip, which is secured to the frame 20 and has an outwardly bowed portion 23 against which the door contacts when in closed position.

While, of course, my invention is not limited to any particular material, I preferably employ relatively thin metal which has sufmeeting rails tightly ficient elasticity to insure a binding action Without disfiguring or marring theshape of the strips, and it is understood that there is suflicient contact to provide a tight I joint W prevents rat-. 7

which excludes the air and tling. I Various slight changesmay beymade in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing fromythe invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and I alterations as fairly'fall within the spirit I claim: 1. As a new article weather strlp comprislng two'members, one

and scope of'the appended claims.

j of said'members adapted'to be. secured tea 7 window frame and the other of said memhaving relatively flat longitudinal edges,

bersto a Window *sash,-one of said members and a transversely bowed intermediate portion, whereby a spring pressure is had of one stripvagainst the other when in position between the sash and the frame;

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2. A weather strip, comprising two mem- V bers, one member relatively Hat and having inwardly turned flanges at its longitudinal edges, the other member having relatively flat edgeportions located under the flanges,

and said last-mentioned memberv bowed. transversely and having securing means at thecenter of its bowed portions.

3. The combination with a window frame and a sash, said frame having/grooves to receive the sash therein, of weather strips located in the grooves between the edges of relativelyflat edges mounted to-slidexun der the flanges of the first-men ioned men1-f--*"" her and having a transversely bowed intermediate portion, and securing devices proected through the center of said bowed por tion and secured in the sash.

, CHARLES J. 

